Well, not everybody had the chance to get their animals, particularly in MS. The person in Biloxi who has been feeding Rusty and a bunch of other animals stayed during the hurricane, like most of his neighbors. They weren't on the water and they all figured they'd ride out the storm. As soon as the storm hit, a 32' storm surge engulfed the entire street. He had two cats--grabbed one under each arm and literally raced up to his attic/roof as the water was overtaking him. He made it out to the roof where he and the cats stayed waiting for the water to start receding. He was the only person on his street who survived.
Thousands of people in New Orleans area stayed just because of their pets. Then they were ordered out and not allowed to take their pets. All those stories about animals being shot in front of their owners, owners being arrested, animals being pulled out of people's arms as they were boarding buses--they are indeed all true. Some have found their pets--but so many others are still looking... I sometimes think about how I'd get my 5 cats out in an emergency--we all know how they get 10' tall when they spot those carriers! Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Belinda Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 5:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rusty Update... That's the wonderful, I'm glad he is going to be OK, I can't believe anyone would have left him behind, could never do that to my furkids, under any circumstances. I remember one day we were out and on the way home, a firetruck passed us and then another, I jokingly said they were going in the direction of our home but that soon wasn't funny, they were going in the direction of our home, about 4 block away we couldn't drive any further I told Mike to pull over and told him I was running to the apartment to just get there when he could. The building next to ours was on fire and I ran upstairs before anyone could do anything about it, got all my cat carriers out and was just getting ready to get the furkids all rounded up when Mike called and said the fire was just about out. That was too close for comfort. -- Belinda happiness is being owned by cats ... Be-Mi-Kitties http://bemikitties.com Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens http://adopt.bemikitties.com FeLV Candlelight Service http://bemikitties.com/cls HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting & web design] http://HostDesign4U.com ------------ BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] http://bmk.bemikitties.com
